as in quake
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Recent Examples of temblor
The agency reported rescue teams were searching for people trapped under rubble and were assessing risks of additional temblors.
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Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
There have been no reports of damage or injuries from the temblor so far, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.
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William B. Davis,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
The latter temblor occurred in a subduction zone; such regions are capable of producing the strongest earthquakes possible.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
8 June 2026
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Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
There have been no reports of damage or injuries from the temblor so far, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
Such temblors are typically aftershocks caused by minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.
—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
The latter temblor occurred in a subduction zone; such regions are capable of producing the strongest earthquakes possible.
—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for temblor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblor
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Decades of Hollywood empire-building ended with a quake in 2017 when Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch decided to sell much of his Fox entertainment holdings amid the rise of Netflix and other tech giants.
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And six days after the quakes, rescuers brought out a toddler alive—a reminder that hope in these operations is not a sentiment but a procedure, sustained one careful excavation at a time.
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As a reminder, the Mission San Juan Capistrano tour ends at the ruins of what’s now called the Great Stone Church, which collapsed in an 1812 earthquake that killed 40 Acjachemen worshippers.
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
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Nearly 2,000 people are confirmed dead, with tens of thousands still missing following the tremors.
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Many remain unwilling to return to homes that survived the initial earthquakes but may now be structurally compromised by the continuing tremors.
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblor. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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